October
8 (2024/Briarcliff
Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: D Documentary: B
News
and journalism has become as odd as the times we live in, where we
are getting the news, but not in complete ways we could or should be
and so, it is even more bizarre to see protesters who are so sure of
their position and then they talk and shockingly stupid, highly
inaccurate and worse things come out of their mouth. After a long
while of this, one of the most horrific massacres happened in Israel
on October 7, 2023. The terrorist group Hamas and some satellite
participants did some of the most unthinkable things to others you
could imagine.
Torture,
beheadings, child molestation, rape, murder and much, much more
happened and you would think it would resonate like any other such
attack. The same protesters were still yelling about protecting
Palestine after
this happened and no one, and I mean no
one
could seem to sort out what was going on, the protesters now
supporting Hamas by default and more than a few on purpose. Wendy
Sachs' October
8
(2024) obviously also finds this horrific and records what happened
after the attacks, starting with that day after. The anti-Semitism
is at its highest in eons, that those only unhappy with Israel and
not World Jewry cannot seem to make enough of a distinction and that
too many have become beyond tone deaf in the matter.
This
documentary film offers priceless interviews, goes after the dividers
and agitators in this situation and has become a landmark work in
ways most still do not realize as we post and the U.S. has bombed
Iran, with Iran retaliating on some U.S. bases. Iran is easily one
of the largest agitators, staring in 1979 with the establishment of a
brutal theocracy whose crimes against humanity needs a separate
essay/documentary, but some of which is covered here.
Even
with fast-moving events, this is a work that will just keep getting
more and more relevant, so all those who want to know what it really
going on should go out of their way to see it and by sticking with
the October
7, 2023, will not be shaken by well-orchestrated distractions, even
if it means war and murder.
The
1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image and DTS-HD
MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix are as solid and professional as
you can get for a documentary of this kind, mostly new footage shot
on HD with mostly additional HD edited in and runs as smoothly as can
be expected. Nice work.
There
are no extras, save a Digital Code.
-
Nicholas Sheffo
